Union (1799)

Union was an 18-gun sloop in the service of the French Navy from late March to early April 1799, commanded by Admiral Maurice Bossuet during the French Revolutionary Wars. The ship was built at Famagusta in Cyprus with the objective of transporting General Jean-Baptiste Kleber's army from Nicosia in Cyprus to Beirut in Lebanon, and the fleet succeeded in its mission of dropping off Kleber's army unhindered. However, the ship was attacked off the Lebanese coast by the 32-gun frigate Salman Deli and captured after a naval battle.